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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






2. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






3. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






4. Where can you get more vitamin D?






5. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






6. What is RDA of protein?






7. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






8. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






9. How many calories/gram is protein?






10. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






11. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






12. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






13. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






14. When does BMR increase?






15. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






16. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






17. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






18. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






19. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






21. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






22. What is the function of vitamin E?






23. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






24. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






25. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






26. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






27. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






28. What is the function of vitamin C?






29. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






30. The higher the BMR a client has --






31. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






32. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






34. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






35. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






36. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






37. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






38. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






39. What function is vitamin A?






40. What function is vitamin D?






41. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






42. Name six sources of grains






43. What are healthy sources of fats?






44. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






45. What is normal albumin levels?






46. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






47. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






48. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






49. Fats can lead to some medical problems






50. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?